Improvement in lamp-shade holders



- inf To illicit-mn' mail/y concern:

Suns f PATENT OFFICE;

THOMAS -BnownnrnA-cocn, or DRESDEN, OHIO.

' J|MPROVEMENT1N LAMP-SHADE HOLDERS.

forming part of Letters Patent'oviIK-QSAGG, dated ugustBO, 1870.

Beit known that I, THOMAS BROWER- rin- COCK, o f Dresden, inthe countyofMuskingum and'Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in `Shade-Holders"and Shadesfland I .dohereby declare that the follo\ wing is aiull,-clear\ and exact description .thereow lich will enable others Skilled inthe art -to-make and use the same, referencehe` ing had tothe accompanying drawings, formmg part. ofthis specification, in whichi .Figure 1 isavertical section of my improved shade-holder;` andl shade, taken through the line it Fig.\2. Eig.. 2 is a top `view of the sanie.v Fig."3 is a detail view, showinga i modined form of une same. nigga, 5, and e are detail views of different forms of clasps.

i Similar letters of yreference indicateicorre 'sponding p'arfsf" i `Y My inventionfhasfor its object to furnish an l..improved shade-holder and shade which may 21%,; be applied to lamps, gas-burners, candles, &c.",

@and which shallbe so constructed that the.'

f'shade' may be easily adjusted at any desired height or atany desiredinclination, and which shall at the same time be simple in construction and convenient in use;` and it consists in the construction and combination of various 1 parts of lthev device, as hereinafter more fully described.-

A is the clasp of the holder, which is made `in the form of a closed ring, or in the form of an open ring, or of an open partial ring, ac-

cording to the character/ofthe light to be shaded. The size of the clasp A must also de,

pend upon the. character of the light to be shaded. For example, fora gas-burner the expansion.

B are upright wires, the iqwei ends 'ofwhien are rivetedhor'otherwise secu rely attachedto the clasp A; -TheWiresB extend outward to a y suiiicient-distance to keep t-heir upperfparts clear' of theehim'ney,` and are then bent up.- .ward. The uprights B are corrugated or bent out andin in a zigzag form, as shownin Fig.

' 1, .tdforu-'notehes to receive the edge'ofgthe shade- C.'v 'If desired, the notches may be formed in the enter sides of the solid body of straighuwires, las shown in Fig. 3. Tuto, three,

Aor four uprights B may be used, as may be desired., I prefer to use three, as\holding'the shadesteadier-than two, and as allowingit to be more easily adjusted than when". a..larger number'is used. l spread a little more than the size of thedipper opening of the shade C, so that they will res guire to be slightly compressed `or sprung to. gether -to-allow-the shade to be placed over them or adj usted upon. them. C is thel shade,` thejupper opening of which is formed of 'two concentric wire' rings, C C",

connected to each by short wires, G, as shown Fig. 2. f To'the outer ring, (His attached\\ the. upper 'edge of the -bodyor curtain of the shade, and the'inner` ring, C', rests ,in-the 1 notches or grooves of the nprights B.Y` vThis construction of .the shade prevents its upper lpart fronisbeing destroyed bythe heaudrom the flame or chimney, as is the'casewith shades' constructed inthe -ordinary n1anner.;- This construction enables the shade to be conveniently'raised yor lowered,or' inclined inany direction to adjust the light as-may be required.

An ordinary shade may be lused upon the holder A B, if desired. H

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-r An improved shade-holder, formed by the combination of the corrugated or notched wire nprights B and clasp A, whether closed or open, with each other, substantially as. herein shown and described, and for fthe' purpose lset forth.

frHoirns BRovvnn rnacocnl `Witnesses: y

JOHN .H .Asin l ELMERl F. Pownns.

` The'uprights B should be 

